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A Proboscis Extension Response Protocol for Investigating Behavioral Plasticity in Insects: Application to Basic, Biomedical, and Agricultural Research

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September 8th, 2014

September 8th, 2014

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Title

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Collecting, Restraining, and Feeding Bees

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Conditioning

5:37

Delivering the Unconditioned Stimulus

6:33

Testing and Recording Responses

8:43

Results: Proboscis Extension Response after Conditioning

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Conclusion

The Proboscis Extension Response (PER) conditioning protocol, developed for the honey bee (Apis mellifera), provides an ecologically-relevant and easily quantifiable means for studying several different mechanisms of learning in many insect species.

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